Prince Rupert City council received the 411 this week, on a proposed coal bed methane development by Shell Oil in the Klappan watershed.
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As the Skeena Watershed Conservation coalition provided an in depth presentation on how the development could adversely affect the local environment.
The coalition’s website provides a much fuller presentation of the issue, including a photo gallery and calendar of upcoming events.
The issue has become newsworthy in the lower mainland media, with items found in The Tyee and the Georgia Straight as well as the mainstream Vancouver media…
( from the blog a town called podunk, click on the link below to see the entire article atowncalledpodunk.blogspot.com/2 … 7707 )-